At the end of the aeon of Pieces, the zeitgeist is a storm. Wisdom comes from within if we question authority, and our actions determine our identity. In like a lion, out like a lamb, the storm wind blows. Beware Caesar the ides of March are come.
"... shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. "

Monday, June 16, 2008

As I watch heroic Dennis Kucinich fight for our destiny, I remember the story of David and Goliath. History will Not ignore the lack of leadership. Our future is being decided by incompetent criminals, the question is will we challenge them or roll over and let them do as they please.

"People say, 'Well, MY rights haven't been taken away.'but you look at that history, and how rights have been taken away from people in various countries, and societies, and once it is to a point where it is directly affecting you, its a little too late to do anything about it.So, we have to take it on now." - Ava Lowery

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

For hundreds of years the "FREE MARKET" Capitalist system has built EMPIRES by colonizing new lands. This insidious type of economic warfare is a fact of life in the global economy. Using corporate wealth to influence the legal systems of nations throughout the world, todays market economies milk each state for all it is worth, dividing up the pie between rich and poor, slaves and masters.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Reading the corporate media this week, I find some commentators are bothered by the lies coming out of the Bush regime.

A committee of the US Senate argued over a report for 5 years, just releasing the news - gasp! - that the Bush administration lied about Iraq. Dan Froomkin writes in The Washington Post, "Some of what President Bush and others said about Iraq was corroborated by what later turned out to be inaccurate intelligence. But their most compelling and gut-wrenching allegations -- for instance, that Saddam Hussein was ready to supply his friends in al-Qaeda with nuclear weapons -- were simply made up. In an accident of timing, the report also validates former press secretary Scott McClellan's conclusion in his new book that the White House pursued a "political propaganda campaign" to market the war."

Tim Rutten, in The Los Angeles Times, writes about the arraignment of 5 alleged Al Queda operatives before the military tribunal in Guantanamo, "By any reasonable standard, the Guantanamo tribunals are a farce. By the government's own admission, Mohammed and other high-level Al Qaeda detainees have been tortured. The five men arraigned Thursday all face execution if convicted. Their military defense lawyers say they've been denied adequate access to their clients or time to prepare a reasonable defense. The pool reporters the Pentagon is allowing to cover the proceedings have to sit behind a glass partition and listen over a sound system with a 20-second delay. Ostensibly that's to prevent the media from hearing any national security secret inadvertently blurted out during the testimony. Thursday, it apparently was used to shut off any mention of torture."

The price of oil jumped suddenly yesterday because of the threat by Israel's Deputy Prime Minister that Israel "will attack" Iran if it continues pursuing what he said is Iran's nuclear weapons program. Scott Peterson, in the Christian Science Monitor writes about reponse to the International Atomic Energy Agency"s ambiguous report on Monday that Iran is not giving them enough information about its nuclear program,

"Analysts say that cherry-picking of quotes and Western spin, coupled with 'breathless' media reporting about Iranian recalcitrance, could point in a nondiplomatic direction. Rhetoric ratcheted higher this week, with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday warning that 'for the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.' Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, speaking to the same pro-Israel lobby group, AIPAC, in Washington, said 'the Iranian threat must be stopped by all possible means,' adding that it was a global 'duty' to take 'drastic measures' to prevent it. Even Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who says the US must engage Iran with 'strong diplomacy' - and told AIPAC Wednesday that this would enhance Israel's security also - said the 'danger from Iran is grave,' and that he would 'do everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon - everything."'

If you agree the Bush regime is still dangerous, the torture and war still need to be stopped, you can support that work right now by donating online. Or, when you get a phone call or piece of mail from World Can't Wait, respond with a check or pledge.

Sincerely,Debra Sweet, Director, The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime

P.S. - Seymour Hersh has an article coming out soon on Iran, and did not scoop himself. He did say, in response to a question on the Bush threats to Iran, "This administration will not quit work until 11:59 on January 20, 2009. You cannot assume that no matter what happens on November 4, 2008 that they will step aside." (fair warning)

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

He has captured the wisdom of our time by interviewing the activists who fought for social justice over the last four decades. We have come to a precipice, and we are looking over the edge into an unknown future. Once again, everything is about to change.

We have been given the opportunity of a lifetime. If we embrace the change, if we mold it, and shape it into something positive, then we have a chance to create a better tomorrow. Right now is the time, you must be prepared to accept the responsibility, to act and lead and take charge. If you choose not to participate, that IS a choice, you are just as responsible for what becomes of the future as those who will try and exploit it.

For once and for all, our generations have been challenged with saving what is left of our world. We must shape our choices so that the new technologies, the new energy, the new environment are all distributed justly. So that no one is disenfranchised and no one is allowed to take advantage of others. Else we will see infinite wars, famine, disease, and death unlike any in history. It is our actions that will decide the outcome, and the odds are already against us.

Monday, June 2, 2008

On Tuesday, June 3, join the Center for Constitutional Rights for an exciting live webcast of the event "True Crimes: The Untold Story Behind the Devastation of Iraq." The event, which will take place at New York City's Town Hall, features bestselling author JEREMY SCAHILL, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer CHRIS HEDGES, journalist LAILA AL-ARIAN, and The New Yorker's SEYMOUR HERSH, as they go behind the headlines to tell the untold story of the occupation of Iraq, the daily plight of Iraqi civilians, and the ongoing role of private mercenaries in America's so-called "war on terror."

The webcast will stream live on CCR's website on Tuesday, June 3, 7 p.m. EST. Go here for more details.

This event also marks the book launches of Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians by Chris Hedges and Laila al-Arian and the updated paperback edition of Blackwater: Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill.

The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President (Paperback)
by Vincent Bugliosi (Author), Molly Ivins (Foreword), Gerry Spence (Author)

Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order (Paperback)
by Mark Crispin Miller (Author)

The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (Hardcover)
by Andrew Bacevich (Author)

The Dark Side - Jane Mayer

Find out about "Learned Helplessness"

Standard Operating Procedure

Right is Wrong - Ariana Huffington

The Post American World

The Revolution: A Manifesto - Ron Paul

What Happened - Scott McClellan

Fire-Breathing Liberal - Robert Wexler

Blackwater: Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill

Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians by Chris Hedges and Laila al-Arian

“Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman” by Mary Tillman

Imperial Life inside the Emerald City - Rajiv Chandrasekaran

Zeitgeist: The Movie - 2007 by Peter Joseph

This blog was inspired in 2007 by Peter Joseph's movie Zeitgeist. Watch the first two below, then to prepare for the 2010 release of the third in the series: Zeitgeist: Moving Forward. This should be interesting.